Nettles says Malentha Robinson-Taylor worked for an Orangeburg dentist. Prosecutors say she and her husband, R. L. Robinson-Taylor, got people to give them their BlueCross BlueShield policy numbers, which they then used to submit claims as though those people had been seen by that dentist.

Authorities say the couple and the recruits split the amount paid out, about $368,000.

The defendants will be sentenced later and each face up to 20 years in prison.